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At 25, Metafilter Feels Like a Time Capsule From Another Internet
Jessamyn West used to describe Metafilter as a social network for non-friends, a description belied in part by the tight-knit camaraderie that emerges in an online group of only a …
This Senator Wants to Know What Meta and TikTok Are Doing About Parent-Run Girl Influencer Accounts
In January, the CEOs of X, TikTok, Meta, Snap, and Discord testified in front of a congressional committee about child exploitation on their platforms. “Mr. Zuckerberg, you and the companies …
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Says She Won’t ‘Enshittify the Network With Ads’
Our goal is to combine both approaches—to run a moderation service that tries to provide a baseline and to also have an open ecosystem where anyone who wants to innovate …
I study people with high emotional intelligence for a living—8 things they never do when talking to others
1. They don’t focus just on themselves. Everyone appreciates being acknowledged for something they did well and have pride in. Doing this with sincerity ensures that you will be remembered …
X Banned the Account of a Major Critic. Now He’s Taking It to Court
X has banned the account of a prominent critic after he published data that he claims exposed the site’s embrace of the far-right after Elon Musk’s takeover last year. Travis …
The No. 1 phrase people who are good at small talk always use, says Stanford public speaking expert
Small talk might seem trivial, but it can deliver big results. It can help us forge new or deeper connections with others by allowing us to discover unexpected areas of …
TikTok Is Spending $1.3 Billion to Dodge Bans in Europe
Yet the threat of a ban constantly looms over the app, in part because of those longstanding Chinese connections. Although the app is a separate one to the one available …
This Psychologist Wants To Vaccinate You Against Fake News
For Sander van der Linden, misinformation is personal. As a child in the Netherlands, the University of Cambridge social psychologist discovered that almost all of his mother’s family had been …